China – Love Cutting is a series of images of Chinese hairdressers and the place where they live, a dialogue between public image and the private sphere. The project was photographed in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, far from Beijing and Shanghai. This rapidly expanding economic in western China has around 14 million inhabitants, most of whom originally come from the countryside.

Each portrait shows a young hairdresser who moved to Chengdu in search of new employment opportunities. Jobs that offer accommodation are particularly prized by the new arrivals. If a employer offers a room or a bed in their own home, it is often shared with other members of the staff. These young workers can spend many years living like this before being able to afford their own homes.

(According the latest demographic census in China, the percentage of urban population just passed over 51% in January 2012)